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August 1980, Volume 28, Issue 4
- 1005-1011 Technical Note—Duality Theory for Generalized Linear Programs with Computational Methods
by David J. Thuente - 1012-1017 Technical Note—Generation of Variates from Distribution Tails
by Bruce W. Schmeiser - 1018-1021 Technical Note—An n -Constraint Formulation of the (Time-Dependent) Traveling Salesman Problem
by Kenneth R. Fox & Bezalel Gavish & Stephen C. Graves - 1022-1024 Letter to the Editor—Comments on “Optimal Jury Selection”
by Charles Tiplitz - 1024-1025 Letter to the Editor—Authors' Rejoinder
by Steven J. Brams & Morton D. Davis
June 1980, Volume 28, Issue 3-part-ii
- 633-649 Dynamic Loading and Unloading of Liquids into Tanks
by Nicos Christofides & Aristide Mingozzi & Paolo Toth - 650-667 A Method to Overcome the Ill-Conditioning Problem of Differentiable Penalty Functions
by Christakis Charalambous - 668-686 An Evaluation of Substitute Methods for Derivatives in Unconstrained Optimization
by D. M. Himmelblau & J. W. Lindsay - 687-693 A Stochastic Allocation Problem
by Haim Mendelson & Joseph S. Pliskin & Uri Yechiali - 694-711 Approximate Traveling Salesman Algorithms
by B. Golden & L. Bodin & T. Doyle & W. Stewart - 712-721 Capacity Expansion when Demand Is a Birth-Death Random Process
by John Freidenfelds - 722-735 Duality in the Cent-Dian of a Graph
by Jonathan Halpern - 736-753 An Investment Staging Model for a Bridge Replacement Problem
by Alberto Garcia-Diaz & Judith S. Liebman - 754-767 A New and Efficient Algorithm for a Class of Portfolio Selection Problems
by Jong-Shi Pang - 768-776 Inspection Procedures when Failure Symptoms Are Delayed
by Bhaskar Sengupta - 777-784 Restricted Bayes Strategies for Programs with Simple Recourse
by Raymond Nadeau & Radu Theodorescu - 785-793 Identifying Efficient Vectors: Some Theory and Computational Results
by Stanley Zionts & Jyrki Wallenius - 794-809 Successive Approximation Methods in Undiscounted Stochastic Games
by Awi Federgruen - 810-821 A Characterization of Waiting Time Performance Realizable by Single-Server Queues
by E. G. Coffman & I. Mitrani - 822-827 Technical Note—Geometric Interpretation of Generalized Lagrangian Multiplier Search Procedures in the Payoff Space
by William B. Widhelm - 828-829 Technical Note—Some Remarks on Scheduling Nursing Personnel
by Otto Roglin - 829-836 Technical Note—Equivalence of the 0-1 Integer Programming Problem to Discrete Generalized and Pure Networks
by Fred Glover & John M. Mulvey - 836-844 Technical Note—A New Norm for Measuring Distance Which Yields Linear Location Problems
by J. E. Ward & R. E. Wendell - 844-846 Technical Note—Generalized Efficient Solutions for Sums of Sets
by D. J. White
June 1980, Volume 28, Issue 3-part-i
- 445-475 Feature Article—Research Portfolio for Inventory Management and Production Planning Systems
by Harvey M. Wagner - 476-488 A Decoupling Inventory Problem with Storage Capacity Constraints
by Peter C. Bell - 489-502 Development of a Rating System for All Tennis Players
by Samuel S. Blackman & James W. Casey - 503-511 Statistical Acceptance Sampling in a Competitive Environment
by Melvin Dresher & Sidney Moglewer - 512-526 A Two-Fold Tandem Net with Deterministic Links and Source Interference
by Michael Kaplan - 527-534 Equity and Public Risk
by Ralph L. Keeney - 535-546 Conservation Equations and Variance Reduction in Queueing Simulations
by John S. Carson & Averill M. Law - 547-559 Artificial Inflation of a Delinquency Rate by a Selection Artifact
by Michael D. Maltz & Stephen M. Pollock - 560-569 Lanchester-Type Equations of Combat which Account for Multiple Killing Hits
by Visvaldis Mangulis - 570-575 On Multiplicative Bidding Strategies
by Michael H. Rothkopf - 576-583 Equilibrium Linear Bidding Strategies
by Michael H. Rothkopf - 584-593 A Single Server Queueing Loss Model with Heterogeneous Arrival and Service
by Shun-Chen Niu - 594-602 An Approximation Method for Open Restricted Queueing Networks
by Yutaka Takahashi & Hideo Miyahara & Toshiharu Hasegawa - 603-613 Competitive Bidding with Dependent Value Estimates
by Robert L. Winkler & Daniel G. Brooks - 614-617 Technical Note—A Comparison of the Method of Bounding Distributions (MBD) and Monte Carlo Simulation for Analyzing Stochastic Acyclic Networks
by Robert S. Sullivan & Jack C. Hayya - 618-622 Technical Note—A Transient Solution to the Multistage Poisson Queueing System with Infinite Servers
by R. R. P. Jackson & P. Aspden - 623-627 Technical Note—Rounding Symmetric Traveling Salesman Problems with an Asymmetric Assignment Problem
by R. Jonker & G. De Leve & J. A. Van Der Velde & A. Volgenant - 628-632 Technical Note—A Note on the Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem
by M. R. Rao
April 1980, Volume 28, Issue 2
- 255-277 A Multibrand Stochastic Model Compounding Heterogeneous Erlang Timing and Multinomial Choice Processes
by Abel P. Jeuland & Frank M. Bass & Gordon P. Wright - 278-320 Intensity Measures of Consumer Preference
by John R. Hauser & Steven M. Shugan - 321-347 Experimentation and Budgeting in Advertising: An Adaptive Control Approach
by Dov Pekelman & Edison Tse - 348-352 Waiting Time in an S − 1, S Inventory System with Arbitrarily Distributed Lead Times
by W. Karl Kruse - 353-364 Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Method for Computing Approximately Optimal ( s , S ) Inventory Policies
by James R. Freeland & Evan L. Porteus - 365-374 Optimal Ordering Policies for Continuous Review Perishable Inventory Models
by Howard J. Weiss - 375-386 The Almost Regenerative Method for Stochastic System Simulations
by F. L. Gunther & R. W. Wolff - 387-394 Generalized Value Bounds and Column Reduction in Finite Markov Decision Problems
by R. G. Vickson - 395-402 The Expected Value of Perfect Information in Facility Location
by Z. Drezner & G. O. Wesolowsky - 403-418 Bounds on the Effect of Aggregating Variables in Linear Programs
by Paul H. Zipkin - 419-420 Technical Note—A Note on “Queueing Models with Lane Selection”
by Diego R. Roque - 421-424 Technical Note—A Note on Quality Control under Markovian Deterioration
by John S. Hughes - 424-430 Technical Note—A Look at Finding Points of a Convex Polyhedron Using Relaxation and Subgradient Procedures
by Gary J. Koehler & Surya Kumar - 431-439 Letter to the Editor—Guidelines for Model Evaluation: An Abridged Version of the U.S. General Accounting Office Exposure Draft
by Saul I. Gass & Bruce W. Thompson - 440-440 Letter to the Editor—The History of Two-Class Rules for Reducing Queueing Times in M / G /1
by William L. Maxwell & Louis W. Miller - 441-441 Letter to the Editor—Author's Rejoinder
by D. E. Matthews
February 1980, Volume 28, Issue 1
- 1-2 Preface
by Craig W. Kirkwood - 3-3 TREES—A Decision-Maker's Lament
by Michael H. Rothkopf - 4-27 An Assessment of Decision Analysis
by Ronald A. Howard - 28-43 Clinical Decision Analysis
by Baruch Fischhoff - 44-59 Decision Analysis Assessment of a National Medical Study
by Richard H. Shachtman - 60-80 A Task Force Decision Analysis
by Richard D. Smallwood & Peter A. Morris - 81-96 Negotiation of International Oil Tanker Standards: An Application of Multiattribute Value Theory
by Jacob W. Ulvila & Warren D. Snider - 97-113 An Annotated Bibliography of Decision Analytic Applications to Health Care
by Jeffrey P. Krischer - 114-128 Approximations and Sensitivity in Multiobjective Resource Allocation
by Donald L. Keefer & Stephen M. Pollock - 129-138 On Value and Strategic Role of Information in Semi-Normalized Decisions
by Irving H. LaValle - 139-155 The Use and Value of Models in Decision Analysis
by Robert C. Nickerson & Dean W. Boyd - 156-175 Analysis of Risks to Life and Limb
by Samuel E. Bodily - 176-187 The Problem of “Utility Weights” in Group Preference Aggregation
by Horace W. Brock - 188-205 Evaluating Alternatives Involving Potential Fatalities
by Ralph L. Keeney - 206-224 Utility Functions for Life Years and Health Status
by Joseph S. Pliskin & Donald S. Shepard & Milton C. Weinstein - 225-232 Preference Conditions for Multiattribute Value Functions
by Craig W. Kirkwood & Rakesh K. Sarin - 233-252 Multiattribute Decision Making by Sequential Resource Allocation
by Peter A. Morris & Shmuel S. Oren
December 1979, Volume 27, Issue 6
- 1069-1087 Interior Path Methods for Heuristic Integer Programming Procedures
by Bruce H. Faaland & Frederick S. Hillier - 1088-1100 A Dynamic Priority Queue with General Concave Priority Functions
by A. Netterman & I. Adiri - 1101-1114 New Greedy-Like Heuristics for the Multidimensional 0-1 Knapsack Problem
by Richard Loulou & Eleftherios Michaelides - 1115-1127 Approximations of the Mean Waiting Time in an M / G / s Queueing System
by O. J. Boxma & J. W. Cohen & N. Huffels - 1128-1141 A Method of Decomposition for Integer Programs
by Dennis J. Sweeney & Richard A. Murphy - 1142-1157 Bayes Estimation of Reliability Using an Estimated Prior Distribution
by W. J. Padgett & Chris P. Tsokos - 1158-1167 The Age Replacement Problem with Minimal Repair and Random Repair Costs
by R. Cléroux & S. Dubuc & C. Tilquin - 1168-1179 Qualitative Properties and Bounds for the Serial Covariances of Waiting Times in Single-Server Queues
by Reinhard Bergmann - 1180-1188 Technical Note—Minisum I p Distance Location Problems Solved via a Perturbed Problem and Weiszfeld's Algorithm
by James G. Morris & William A. Verdini - 1188-1196 Technical Note—A Generalized Maximum Entropy Principle
by Marlin U. Thomas - 1196-1202 Technical Note—Response Time Distribution of the M / M / m / N Queueing Model
by J. W. Wong - 1203-1208 Technical Note—An Adjustment to the Norman-White Approach to Approximating Dynamic Programs
by Evan L. Porteus - 1208-1216 Technical Note—Approximations for Overflows from Queues with a Finite Waiting Room
by John H. Rath & Diane Sheng
October 1979, Volume 27, Issue 5
- 857-873 A Mathematical Programming Model for Allocation of Natural Gas
by Richard P. O'Neill & Mark Williard & Bert Wilkins & Ralph Pike - 874-887 Algorithms and Planning Horizon Results for Production Planning Problems with Separable Costs
by Paul R. Kleindorfer & Zvi Lieber - 888-903 Stochastic Models for Pensionable Service
by Izzet Sahin & Yves Balcer - 904-924 Simple Approximations for a Variety of Dynamic Leadtime Lost-Sales Inventory Models
by Steven Nahmias - 925-934 Preemptive Scheduling with Due Dates
by Sartaj Sahni - 935-943 A Multi-Type Production System for Perishable Inventories
by Bryan L. Deuermeyer - 944-951 The Effect of Long Term Dependence on Risk-Return Models of Common Stocks
by Myron T. Greene & Bruce D. Fielitz - 952-971 Some Layout Problems on the Line with Interdistance Constraints and Costs
by Albert W. Chan & Richard L. Francis - 972-981 Location Dominance on Spherical Surfaces
by Adel A. Aly & David C. Kay & Daniel W. Litwhiler - 982-996 A Branch-and-Bound Method for Reversed Geometric Programming
by Willy Gochet & Yves Smeers - 997-1010 Variance Reduction for Population Growth Simulation Models
by George S. Fishman - 1011-1025 A Sequential Procedure for Determining the Length of a Steady-State Simulation
by Averill M. Law & John S. Carson - 1026-1040 Simulation of Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes with Degree-Two Exponential Polynomial Rate Function
by P. A. W. Lewis & G. S. Shedler - 1041-1053 Structural Results for Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
by S. Christian Albright - 1054-1066 Consistent Assessment Procedures Using Conditional Utility Functions
by David E. Bell
August 1979, Volume 27, Issue 4
- 629-667 Feature Article—Aggregate Advertising Models: The State of the Art
by John D. C. Little - 668-681 Markov Models of Advertising and Pricing Decisions
by S. Christian Albright & Wayne Winston - 682-692 Optimizing Advertising Expenditures in a Dynamic Duopoly
by Kenneth R. Deal - 693-716 A Queueing Theory, Bayesian Model for the Circulation of Books in a Library
by Philip M. Morse - 717-729 On the Stationary Analysis of Continuous Review ( s , S ) Inventory Systems with Constant Lead Times
by Izzet Sahin - 730-742 Infinite-Horizon Dynamic Programming Models—A Planning-Horizon Formulation
by Thomas E. Morton - 743-754 Bounding Global Minima with Interval Arithmetic
by Louis J. Mancini & Garth P. McCormick - 755-766 The Sum of Serial Correlations of Waiting and System Times in GI / G /1 Queues
by B. Pagurek & C. M. Woodside - 767-781 Queues Solvable without Rouché's Theorem
by Marcel F. Neuts - 782-791 The Two-Machine Maximum Flow Time Problem with Series Parallel Precedence Relations
by Jeffrey B. Sidney - 792-798 The Two-Machine Maximum Flow Time Problem with Series-Parallel Precedence Constraints: An Algorithm and Extensions
by Clyde L. Monma - 799-809 An Analysis of Approximations for Finding a Maximum Weight Hamiltonian Circuit
by M. L. Fisher & G. L. Nemhauser & L. A. Wolsey - 810-822 Measurable Multiattribute Value Functions
by James S. Dyer & Rakesh K. Sarin - 823-838 Computing Network Reliability
by Michael O. Ball - 839-842 Technical Note—A Note on the Nerlove-Arrow Model under Uncertainty
by Suresh P. Sethi - 843-847 Technical Note—Constraint Qualifications for Inexact Linear Programs
by J. Ch. Pomerol - 848-852 Letter to the Editor—Comments on the Possibility of Cycling with the Simplex Method
by Saul I. Gass - 852-852 Letter to the Editor—To the Editor
by S. S. Nair - 852-854 Letter to the Editor—To the Editor
by W. Karl Kruse - 854-854 Errata
by T. M. O'Donovan
June 1979, Volume 27, Issue 3
- 431-456 The Status of Nonlinear Programming Software
by Allan D. Waren & Leon S. Lasdon - 457-484 Solving Nonlinear Programs Without Using Analytic Derivatives
by Jerrold H. May - 485-502 Two-Period Stochastic Programs with Simple Recourse
by R. Everitt & W. T. Ziemba - 503-515 The Multiple-Choice Knapsack Problem
by Prabhakant Sinha & Andris A. Zoltners - 516-533 The Indefinite Quadratic Programming Problem
by Paul F. Kough - 534-547 On the Storage and Handling of Binary Data Using FORTRAN with Applications to Integer Programming
by Joseph S. Graves - 548-566 Shortest-Route Methods: 2. Group Knapsacks, Expanded Networks, and Branch-and-Bound
by Eric V. Denardo & Bennett L. Fox - 567-582 A Heuristic Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Telephone Feeder Capacity Expansion
by John Freidenfelds & C. D. McLaughlin - 583-594 Stochastic Control of Competition Through Prices
by S. D. Deshmukh & Wayne Winston - 595-605 An Iterative Solution of Two-Dimensional Birth and Death Processes
by Alexandre Brandwajn - 606-615 Estimation of Parameters of Zero-One Processes by Interval Sampling: An Adaptive Strategy
by M. Brown & H. Solomon & M. A. Stephens - 616-620 Technical Note—An Equivalence Between Continuous and Discrete Time Markov Decision Processes
by Richard F. Serfozo - 621-627 Technical Note—An Improved Computational Procedure for Optimal Allocation of Aircraft Sorties
by Eleanor L. Schwartz
April 1979, Volume 27, Issue 2
- 209-224 Feature Article—Changing the Future of Operations Research
by Seth Bonder - 225-241 A Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Decision CPM Networks
by Thomas J. Hindelang & John F. Muth - 242-259 Information Systems for Observing Inventory Levels
by Edward A. Stohr - 260-278 On Optimal Utilization of Production Processes
by Dov Pekelman - 279-289 A Multi-Product Dynamic Lot-Size Model with Individual and Joint Set-up Costs
by Edward P. C. Kao - 290-302 A Production Scheduling Problem in the Glass-Container Industry
by R. J. Paul - 303-317 Optimal Inspection Schedules for Failure Detection in a Model Where Tests Hasten Failures
by N. Wattanapanom & L. Shaw - 318-323 A Simple Method for Reducing Queuing Times in M/G/1
by D. E. Matthews - 324-340 The Sharing Problem
by J. Randall Brown - 341-355 The Knapsack Sharing Problem
by J. Randall Brown - 356-363 Multidimensional Line Search Using a Binary Preference Relation
by Donald Wehrung - 364-390 Competitive Bidding: A Comprehensive Bibliography
by Robert M. Stark & Michael H. Rothkopf - 391-396 Technical Note—The EOQ Model under Stochastic Lead Time
by Matthew J. Liberatore - 396-401 Technical Note—Average Costs in a Continuous Review ( s , S ) Inventory System with Exponentially Distributed Lead Time
by J. Wijngaard & E. G. F. Van Winkel - 401-407 Technical Note—On the Estimation of Convex Functions
by Charles A. Holloway - 408-419 Technical Note—Bibliography of Operations Research in Health-Care Systems: An Update
by Brant E. Fries - 420-422 Letter to the Editor—Engineering Design and Operations Research
by Albert G. Holzman
February 1979, Volume 27, Issue 1
- 1-36 Feature Article—Energy Policy Modeling: A Survey
by Alan S. Manne & Richard G. Richels & John P. Weyant - 37-47 Optimal Structures and Maintenance Policies for PABX Power Systems
by Goor Vered & Uri Yechiali - 48-64 Evaluation of Proposed Storage Sites
by Ralph L. Keeney - 65-79 Analysis of a Single-Buffer Loss-Delay System
by E. Arthurs & B. W. Stuck - 80-95 Criteria for Proportional Representation
by M. L. Balinski & H. P. Young - 96-114 Optimal Commitment of Forces in Some Lanchester-Type Combat Models
by James G. Taylor - 115-133 An Operational Critique of Detection Laws
by B. O. Koopman - 134-160 Concomitant Control Variables Applied to the Regenerative Simulation of Queuing Systems
by S. S. Lavenberg & T. L. Moeller & C. H. Sauer - 161-186 Shortest-Route Methods: 1. Reaching, Pruning, and Buckets
by Eric V. Denardo & Bennett L. Fox - 187-198 Technical Note—Exact Solution for the Bradford Distribution and Its Use in Modeling Informational Data
by Philip M. Morse & Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler - 199-204 Technical Note—Estimating the Probability Distribution of Travel Times for Urban Emergency Service Systems
by Kenneth Chelst & James P. Jarvis - 204-206 Technical Note—The Busy Probability in M/G/N Loss Systems
by J. S. Kaufman - 207-207 Errata
by Thomas M. Cover
December 1978, Volume 26, Issue 6
- 937-955 A Mathematical Model Used to Analyze Breast Cancer Screening Strategies
by Michael Shwartz - 956-965 Internal Telephone Billing Rates—A Novel Application of Non-Atomic Game Theory
by Louis J. Billera & David C. Heath & Joseph Raanan - 966-991 Optimal Jury Selection: A Game-Theoretic Model for the Exercise of Peremptory Challenges
by Steven J. Brams & Morton D. Davis - 992-1009 A Dual-Based Procedure for Uncapacitated Facility Location
by Donald Erlenkotter - 1010-1019 A Probabilistic Model of Winners' Outs versus Losers' Outs Rules in Basketball
by S. Christian Albright & Wayne Winston - 1020-1032 Design of a Computerized Message-Switching Center
by S. Stashevsky & I. Adiri - 1033-1045 A Preference Order Dynamic Program for a Stochastic Traveling Salesman Problem
by Edward P. C. Kao - 1046-1058 Universal Planning Horizons for Generalized Convex Production Scheduling
by Thomas E. Morton - 1059-1072 Decomposition and Customer Streams of Feedback Networks of Queues in Equilibrium
by Frederick J. Beutler & Benjamin Melamed - 1073-1078 Technical Note—A Modified Conjugate Gradient Algorithm
by Avinoam Perry - 1079-1082 Technical Note—Optimal Single-Machine Scheduling with Earliness and Tardiness Penalties
by Sankaran Lakshminarayan & Ram Lakshmanan & Robert L. Papineau & Rene Rochette - 1083-1088 Technical Note—Some Simpler Bounds on the Mean Queuing Time
by William G. Marchal - 1089-1094 Technical Note—Optimality of Monotonic Policies for Multiple-Server Exponential Queuing Systems with State-Dependent Arrival Rates
by Wayne Winston
October 1978, Volume 26, Issue 5
- 686-717 Data Structures and Computer Science Techniques in Operations Research
by B. L. Fox - 718-759 Combinatorial Problems: Reductibility and Approximation
by Sartaj Sahni & Ellis Horowitz - 760-772 Bin Packing with Geometric Constraints in Computer Network Design
by A. K. Chandra & D. S. Hirschberg & C. K. Wong - 773-788 Automatic Categorization of Optimization Problems: An Application of Computer Symbolic Mathematics
by David R. Stoutemyer - 789-804 A Performance Model for Computer Data-Base Reorganization Performed Concurrently with Usage
by Gary H. Sockut - 805-823 Toward an Optimal Design of a Network Database from Relational Descriptions
by Prabuddha De & William D. Haseman & Charles H. Kriebel - 824-835 A Dynamic Optimization Model for Distributed Databases
by K. Dan Levin & Howard Lee Morgan - 836-844 A Combinatorial Approach to Dynamic Scheduling Problems
by Zaw-Sing Su & Kenneth C. Sevcik - 845-863 An Analytical Treatment of Policy Function Schedulers
by Manfred Ruschitzka - 864-880 A Class of FIFO Queues Arising in Computer Systems
by Edward G. Coffman & Micha Hofri - 881-895 A Processor Utilization Model for a Multiprocessor Computer System
by Richard E. Nance & U. Narayan Bhat - 896-914 Simulation of Response Times in Finite-Capacity Open Networks of Queues
by Donald L. Iglehart & Gerald S. Shedler - 915-935 Some Experimental Observations on the Behavior of Composite Random Number Generators
by Richard E. Nance & Claude Overstreet
August 1978, Volume 26, Issue 4
- 525-537 A Computer-Assisted System for the Routing and Scheduling of Street Sweepers
by Lawrence D. Bodin & Samuel J. Kursh - 538-550 Optimal Design of Regional Wastewater Systems: A Fixed-Charge Network Flow Model
by John J. Jarvis & Ronald L. Rardin & V. E. Unger & Richard W. Moore & Charles C. Schimpeler - 551-562 On Optimal Regulation Policies for Certain Multi-Reservoir Systems
by S. Arunkumar & K. Chon - 563-569 Minimization of Time-Varying Costs in Single-Machine Scheduling
by E. L. Lawler & B. D. Sivazlian - 570-596 Distance Constraints for Tree Network Multifacility Location Problems
by Richard L. Francis & Timothy J. Lowe & H. Donald Ratliff - 597-609 On the Convergence of a Class of Iterative Methods for Solving the Weber Location Problem
by Lawrence M. Ostresh